Springfield lawmaker wants state to look at alternative college payment program

Students would pay percentage of later earnings instead of tuition

7:03 AM,
Feb. 5, 2014

Written by

Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Springfield lawmaker Elijah Haahr wants to change the way Missourians pay for college by potentially getting rid of student loans.

The Republican representative is sponsoring House Bill 1232. The bill asks the Department of Higher Education to consider creating a plan for a pilot program in which college students, instead of taking out loans, could go to school tuition-free.

In exchange, after completing their studies, students would pay back a certain percentage of their income for a number of years. ...